Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Femeia din mine by Britney Spears

106 reviews

katerina_l's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Infertility, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Confinement, Infidelity, Drug use, Pregnancy, Bullying, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Abortion

ninahuynh's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

What a read! I knew, in passing, about Britney Spears being under a conservatorship, but never knew how bad it was. The way she detailed her confined life during those 13 years was so heartbreaking. Even in the way she writes, you can feel how much she was stunted in order to be their money bag. It wasn't the best writing; it was the writing of someone with all this anger and sadness and confusion and loneliness, who is finally free and wants the world to know what happened to her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Medical content, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Fatphobia

marmitecake's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Medical content, Suicide, Abortion, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction and Miscarriage

morethanmylupus's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.0

This book made me so sad and so angry all at the same time. I read it on audio because I do all memoirs on audio since they're usually read by the author. Britney chose not to read this one herself, but overall I think Michelle Williams did a great job with the narration. 

This book is a treatise on all the ways in which men, families, and the media exploit women and female performers. So many people failed this poor woman, truly. I hope the world can leave her in peace now and let her live her life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

bergamot_breeze's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

An actual horror novel. My heart goes out to Britney and everything she experienced.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, and Miscarriage

tina_lou_'s review against another edition

emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.5

Wow, this book was honestly so go and so sad. It made me appreciate Britney and everything she went through and still continues to struggle with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Alcoholism, Suicide, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abortion, and Drug use

latashman's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.5

Loved the audiobook! I've always loved Britney and her music. This was a great behind the scenes view of some of the iconic performances and moments she had in her life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Abortion, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia and Ableism

Minor: Miscarriage

ribbenkast's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

If there's one person Who deserves a collective apology it's Britney.  That poor woman has been through so much. The trials and tribulation of being a female popstar in the late 90-2000's are already countless. 
Ad to that how her family was horribly controling and a failing courtsystem and you've got the perfect foundation for a case of extreme abuse. 
This memoir should be seen as a cautionary tale and this case will hopefully be used for some serious law reforms. If not a sociatal shift in how we treat woman in media. Therefore I would really recommend this book.

That being said, I don't think Britney is a good writer. She struggles a bit to find the right tone of voice. I read the Dutch translation because that version was the one that became available to me first. I don't think it's a very good translation thay captured the essence of what she was trying to say, so that couldn't have helped. 

Even though it's a true story, it is heavy. Please read the trigger warnings before commencing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Classism, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Ableism, and Alcoholism

eldritch_horror's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Miscarriage

koreydobbert's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Body shaming, Bullying, and Gaslighting

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage